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    Braille Institute of America, Inc.

    Non-profit Organization

    Executive Assistant

    Los Angeles, United StatesRemoteFull-timePosted 1mo ago
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    Job description

    We are looking for a new executive assistant to support our executive team. You will manage mostly business related tasks for the team such as creating reports, organizing travel and accommodation, taking minutes, and other organizational tasks. To do this role properly you should have a detailed understanding of the full Microsoft Office suite, be extremely fast at solving problems and have experience as an executive or administrative assistant in the past.

    Executive Assistant Responsibilities:

    • Preparing financial statements, reports, memos, invoices letters, and other documents.
    • Answering phones and routing calls to the correct person or taking messages.
    • Handling basic bookkeeping tasks.
    • Filing and retrieving corporate records, documents, and reports.
    • Researching and conducting data to prepare documents for review and presentation by boards of directors, committees, and executives.
    • Helping prepare for meetings.
    • Accurately recording minutes from meetings.
    • Greeting visitors and deciding if they should be able to meet with executives.
    • Using various software, including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation software.
    • Reading and analyzing incoming memos, submissions, and distributing them as needed.
    • Making travel arrangements for executives.
    • Performing office duties that include ordering supplies and managing a records database.
    • Experience as a virtual assistant.
    • Opening, sorting and distributing incoming faxes, emails, and other correspondence.
    • Provide general administrative support.
      • Proven experience as an executive assistant or other relevant administrative support experience.
      • In-depth understanding of the entire MS Office suite.
      • High school diploma.
      • Ability to organize a daily workload by priorities.
      • Must be able to meet deadlines in a fast-paced, quickly changing environment.
      • A proactive approach to problem-solving with strong decision-making skills.
      • Professional level verbal and written communications skills.

      All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

      Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.

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      Braille Institute of America, Inc.

      Braille Institute is a non-profit organization whose mission is to positively transform the lives of those with vision loss. We offer a broad range of free programs, classes and services serving thousands of students of all ages helping to demonstrate that vision rehabilitation is a beginning, not an end. We serve the community from seven centers, and hundreds of community outreach locations throughout Southern California, and lead popular national programs like Braille Challenge and Cane Quest. Our staff and volunteers understand losing your vision can be scary, but we believe it is not the end of independence, but a new way of living.

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